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The main coat color types of pigs

Published: 2024-11-21 Author: mysheen
Last Updated: 2024/11/21, There are many types of pig coat color, mainly due to the different types and distribution of melanin. There are two kinds of melanin, one is true melanin (eumelanin), which exists in black and brown forms, and the other is brown melanin, which exists in yellow and red forms. Melanin is a binding protein, which is contained in all kinds of pigs, but the quantity and distribution are different, such as 0.07% in white Yorkshire pig coat and 6.18% in black pig. The main type of coat color of pigs

Pigs have many types of coat color, mainly due to the different types and distribution of melanin. There are two kinds of melanin, eumelanin, which exists in black and brown forms, and brown melanin, which exists in yellow and red forms. Melanin is a binding protein, all kinds of pigs contain it, but the amount and distribution of different, such as white Yorkshire pig hair content of 0.07%, black pigs contain 6.18%. Pigs have the following main types of coat color.

1. White This type of pig hair is white, such as Yorkshire pigs, Landrace and so on.

2. Pure black coat is black, many local pig species in China, such as Min pig, Bamei pig, Huanghuaihai black pig, Neijiang pig, Wei pig, Huai pig, etc.; British Bakxia pig and American wave pig belong to this category.

3. White Belts These pigs have white fur on the waist or neck and shoulders, and black at both ends of the body. Jinhua pig, two black pigs in central China, Ningxiang pig and Hampshire pig in the United States belong to this category.

4. Brownish red This kind of pig whole body is brownish red or golden yellow, such as Yunnan Dahe pig in Wujin pig type of our country, Coke pig in Guizhou, Duroc pig in the United States, Tamworth pig, etc.

5. There are many pig breeds with this kind of hair color in China, such as Guangdong large flower pig, Jiangxi central and southern flower pig, Wanzhe flower pig, Minbei flower pig, pan-agricultural flower pig, Beijing flower pig, Taiyuan flower pig and Belgian Pitlan pig. The proportion of black and white spots varies among pig breeds.

6. Dirty white This kind of pig hair color is white and dirty gray, such as Mongolian pigs, Hungarian Manglica pigs, etc.

 
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